Vermifuge

  • 11vermifuge — noun Date: 1718 an agent that destroys or expels parasitic worms ; anthelmintic …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12vermifuge — an agent that kills or expels intestinal worms …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 13vermifuge — n. [L. vermis, worm; fugare, to drive away] A therapeutic agent causing expulsion of a helminth, that may or may not cause its death; anthelmintic; see vermicide …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 14vermifuge — 1. adjective Referring to something that acts as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms. Syn: anthelmintic 2. noun A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms. Syn: anthelmintic …

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  • 15vermifuge — SYN: anthelmintic (1). [vermi + L. fugo, to chase away] * * * ver·mi·fuge vər mə .fyüj n a vermifugal agent: ANTHELMINTIC * * * n. any drug or chemical agent used to expel worms from the intestine. See also anthelmintic. * * * ver·mi·fuge… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 16Vermifuge — A substance for expelling worms. Allium, Aloe, Andira, Annona, Artemisia, Asclepias, Bocconia, Calotropis, Carapa, Carica, Cassia, Cedrela, Chenopodium, Cocos, Couma, Cucurbita, Dialyanthera, Ficus, Hippomane, Hura, Lagenaria, Lantana, Lippia,… …

    EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • 17vermifuge — ver·mi·fuge || vÉœrmɪfjuːdÊ’ / vɜːm n. substance which kills worms …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18vermifuge — [ və:mɪfju:dʒ] noun Medicine a medicine used to destroy parasitic worms …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19vermifuge — n. Anthelmintic, helminthagogue …

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  • 20vermifuge — ver·mi·fuge …

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